John Marshall Cairns
John Marshall Cairns (1880- )
1922 M.Inst.M.M., Cons. Engr.; b. 1880; s. of Andrew Drysdale. Ed. Lasswade; privately; and St. Mark's College Training: Glasgow and West of Scotland Tech. College; Glasgow University; and Continent, etc. Career: Chemist and Metallurgist, William Beardmore and Co's. Steelworks; Min. and Assaying in Spain; Asst. to Italian Government Geologist; Special Min. Engr. in Turkey, Egypt, Asia Minor, Greece, Brazil; Various Min. Work in Chili, Uruguay and Colombia, Burma, India, South Africa, etc.; Specialist in the economic geology of Iron, Manganese, Chrome and Copper ores.; served during the War in the R.E. Transportation, Intelligence and Claims Commission. Clubs: Royal Societies and Conservative, Hastings. Address: "Oakleigh," St. Helen's Park Road, Hastings.